William John FARRAHER

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Service Number:	2167
Enlisted:	18 March 1916, Enlisted at Charters Towers
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	47th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Charters Towers, Charters Towers, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Presser
Died:	Died of wounds - wounds to the lungs, France, 18 April 1918
Cemetery:	Peronne Road Cemetery, Maricourt Plot 1V, Row E, Grave 13, Peronne Road Cemetery, Maricourt, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

18 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2167, 47th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Charters Towers
16 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 2167, 47th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boorara embarkation_ship_number: A42 public_note: ''
16 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 2167, 47th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boorara, Brisbane
5 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2167, 47th Infantry Battalion, Gunshot wounds to the lung and taken Prisoner of War and died in German hands in Germany

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Son of W. Farraher of Mitchell Street, Townsville, QLD. Next of kin was given as his sister Maggie Farraher of Clark Street, Charters Towers, QLD

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal